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How exposed to AI is a Nuclear Monitoring Technician?

Of the 19 tasks O*NET lists for nuclear monitoring technicians, 3 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 10 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Health Physics Technician (HP Tech)Nuclear Chemistry TechnicianRadiation Control Technician (Radcon Technician)Radiation Protection Specialist (RP Specialist)Radiation Protection Technician (RPT)Radiation TechnicianRadiochemical Technician
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
19
tasks rated for this occupation
16%
hold a degree, from a survey of 42
5k
people do this job in the US
51 of 60
least protected in science

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

3
  • Instruct personnel in radiation safety procedures and demonstrate use of protective clothing and equipment
  • Prepare reports describing contamination tests, material or equipment decontaminated, or methods used in decontamination processes
  • Confer with scientists directing projects to determine significant events to monitor during tests

Only with software built on top

6
  • Brief workers on radiation levels in work areas
  • Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation
  • Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits
  • Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment
  • Determine or recommend radioactive decontamination procedures, according to the size and nature of equipment and the degree of contamination
  • Enter data into computers to record characteristics of nuclear events or to locate coordinates of particles

Cannot be sped up

10
  • Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure
  • Determine intensities and types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments
  • Collect samples of air, water, gases, or solids to determine radioactivity levels of contamination
  • Analyze samples, such as air or water samples, for contaminants or other elements
  • Set up equipment that automatically detects area radiation deviations and test detection equipment to ensure its accuracy
  • Place radioactive waste, such as sweepings or broken sample bottles, into containers for shipping or disposal
  • Decontaminate objects by cleaning with soap or solvents or by abrading with wire brushes, buffing wheels, or sandblasting machines
  • Calibrate and maintain chemical instrumentation sensing elements and sampling system equipment, using calibration instruments and hand tools
  • Immerse samples in chemical compounds to prepare them for testing
  • Operate manipulators from outside cells to move specimens into or out of shielded containers, to remove specimens from cells, or to place specimens on benches or equipment work stations
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.